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Nearing port

Night and tempest are around us

Author: Flora L. Best Harris
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Flora L. Best Harris

Birth: 1850, USA Death: Sep., 1909 Flora Lydia (Best) Harris was the daughter of Dr. David and Elizabeth (Lockart) Best. She was the 1st wife of Rev. Bishop Merriman Colbert Harris. He was a minister in the Pittsburgh Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She was a writer and wrote on Japanese themes. In 1891 she translated the 10th century classic 'Tosa Niki' ('Diary or Log of a Journey From Tosa to Kyoto'). Mary Jane Haight-Eckert on Find A Grave web site Go to person page >

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First Line: Night and tempest are around us
Title: Nearing port
Author: Flora L. Best Harris
Refrain First Line: O, the light is growing clearer
Copyright: Public Domain

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Gems of Praise (Choice Collection of Sacred Melodies) #d94

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